In a report published recently “Brain Science – mapping the landscape of the brain and neuroscience research”, brain and neuroscience research conducted over the period 2009-2013 has been mapped. The 64-page report includes key figures of the current research and interviews with Professors working in the area, including Nobel Prize winner Professor Susumu Tonegawa. The report points out that around [...]

The second annual Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm (AWARH’14) will take place on 19-20 august 2015...

On the 17th November the EBC delegation met with Prof. Jerzy Buzek, Chair of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee of the European Parliament, to discuss our cooperation during the new EP term.

The 24th Men’s Handball World Championship is kicked off in Qatar on February 15, where 24 national teams will compete to win the precious prize as the best handball team in the world. Being a sport with much physical contact, the prevention and treatment of high speed injuries such as a sprained or twisted ankle receive much focus from team [...]

On January 14 2015, Members of EBC convened in Brussels to discuss the strategic orientation of the organisation for the future. This meeting was the second of its kind and focused on four main topics : Clinical Trials Communication Cost of non-treatment  Projects In each group, participants discussed and redefined the specific areas or objectives that EBC should be pursuing. It [...]

The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) is Europe’s biggest public-private partnership, jointly undertaken by the European Union and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). The goal of the IMI public-private partnership is to facilitate collaboration between key players in healthcare research including, but not limited to, patient organizations, universities and pharmaceuticals, and thereby spur development of new medicines, [...]

Public perception of brain research is a field that had hardly been investigated. Whilst EBC’s network is made up of members and people who are all highly engaged in brain related issues and who all find brain research salient, a recent article by O’Connor and Joffe argues that brain research receive very little interest or attention from the general public. [...]

As part of its Year of the Brain, the European Brain Council (EBC) hosted a satellite event on Atrial Fibrillation-related stroke prevention in parallel to the EU Chronic Disease Summit, having identified stroke as one of the few brain diseases where better prevention can measurably improve health outcomes and significantly reduce the EU’s chronic disease burden. Dr. Peter H. Andersen, [...]

EBC Vice President Professor David Nutt is the winner of the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. The international prize is awarded for courage in promoting science and evidence on a matter of public interest, despite facing difficulty and hostility in doing so. The judges awarded the prize to Professor Nutt in recognition of the impact his thinking [...]

On 18 June 2013 a planning meeting to create a Macedonian Action Group for Brain (MAG) was held in the Skopje Clinic of Neurology, Skopje, Macedonia. 14 participants attended the meeting. Tadeusz Hawrot represented EBC and co-chaired the meeting with Anita Arsovska, President of the Macedonian Society of Neurology. A discussion followed on the public health and brain situation in [...]